But even sick, she's still sweet and cute. I mean, check out these 12-month photos I got back a few days ago (and kindly ignore the fact that she was 14 months when they were taken, pleaseandthankyou).
Part of the reason I put off getting Teyla's picture taken is that I didn't know where to go. When Teyla was a baby, I splurged on professional portraits (by Kari Layland; great photographer if you're in the Twin Cities) and that ate up my photo budget for the year. (And maybe this year too, but I'm working to ignore that.) The older kids made do with school pictures, mediocre though they may be. So I had never looked for a mid-range priced studio where I could pop in and get a few pictures.
In the end, I decided to give Target Portraits a try. There's a studio at the Super Target near us, and Lord knows I'm there all the time anyway.
Teyla is at a hard age to photograph. (She doesn't stand still; enough said.) And we weren't in the studio for more than 15 minutes, total. So imagine my delight when they turned out as cute as they did. (And I got 4 8x10s, 4 5x7s, and two sheets of wallets for less than $40. Score!)
I might even head back in a few weeks with all the kids in tow, to see if we can't get a group photo. I need something with all three of them in it, because all the frame groupings in my house are in sets of two, and now that I have three kids, I'm faced with having to leave one child out.
And I don't have enough money for that kind of therapy someday. I'd rather spend it all now on cute pictures.
